Girls' name · since 1981
Yaneli
3,911 babies named Yaneli in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #3,036 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,205 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,911
- born since 1981
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Yaneli is the #1205 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 3,911 recorded since 1981.
Social Security Administration records show Yaneli recorded 3,911 times among girls since 1981, holding rank #1205 nationally today, ahead of 93% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 2025.
- #3,036 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,205 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 3,911 born since 1981
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Yaneli ranks #3,036 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,205 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 3,911 born since 1981, peaking in the 2010s.
- #3,036 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,205 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,911
- born since 1981
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yaneli's 3,911 recorded births place it above 95.8% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
20 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Yaneli compares
3,911 Top 16% higher than 84% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Yaneli's all-time total is 10x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Yaneli | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,911 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 189 | 21 | 19,840 |
Yaneli's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Yaneli's SSA record in two at 2005 and the more recent half accounts for 75% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 25%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1981, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 189, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Yaneli popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 189
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Yaneli by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (1,324 births, 34% of the file).
2010s was Yaneli's strongest decade.
1,324 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Yaneli births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 65
1980s
65 births
- 1990s 467
1990s
467 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,191 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,324 births
- 2020s
2020s
864 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 1,324 births (34% of all-time use).
How Yaneli compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Yaneli's total volume
Yaneli by state
Where Yaneli concentrates geographically, total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,061 | 27.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 661 | 16.9% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 224 | 5.7% |
| #4 | Florida | | 198 | 5.1% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 88 | 2.3% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 80 | 2.0% |
| #7 | Colorado | | 63 | 1.6% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 58 | 1.5% |
1,061 of 3,911 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 20 reporting states.
Yaneli appears in 20 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Yaneli's data
- Yaneli's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (1,324 total births) through the 2020s (864) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Yanelis (1,061 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Yaneli: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~44 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1981–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Yaneli draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.